Loveland-based Grimm Brothers Brewhouse[2], which specializes in German-style beers, announced a new distribution deal today that will bring substantially more of its beer to the Denver and Boulder markets.

The growing brewery launched in 2010 and has won a couple of Great American Beer Festival[3] medals for its altbier (including a gold in 2011). It had been self-distributing in the Denver-Boulder area.

“We were distributing with a small pickup truck,” said Paul Ferguson, the brewery’s director of marketing. “We were hustling, but you can only put so many kegs in the back of a truck.”

The deal with Tivoli Distributing will make Grimm Brothers beer in both bottles and on draft more widely available, Ferguson said.

“We’re looking at this as a real growth opportunity,” he said. “It gives us more time to brew beer.”